
A. H. Almaas
Almaas Hameed Ali was born in Kuwait in 1944. At the age of eighteen, he moved to the United States to study at the University of California, Berkeley. Hameed was working on his PhD in physics when he reached a turning point in his life that led him to inquire into the psychological and spiritual aspects of human nature. Hameed's interest in the truth of human nature and the true nature of reality resulted in the creation of the Diamond Approach.
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Brilliancy
The Essence of Intelligence
Intelligence is one of the defining characteristics of human beings: an inherent ability to respond to the world with awareness, knowledge, learning, and insight. Most considerations of human intelligence are based on the notion that intelligence is a product of… Read More
Brilliancy
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Diamond Heart: Book Five
Inexhaustible Mystery
From one perspective, we can see ourselves merely as human beings struggling in a crowded and chaotic world of suffering. This book opens our eyes to a different reality, one that turns our familiar world inside out. We need only… Read More
Diamond Heart: Book Five
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Diamond Heart: Book One
Elements of the Real in Man
This five-volume series presents a collection of talks given by Almaas on topics such as faith, commitment, nobility and suffering, truth and compassion, allowing, and growing up. Through these talks, Almaas offers valuable guidance and advice for those on a… Read More
Diamond Heart: Book One
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Diamond Heart: Book Two
The Freedom to Be
We live in a world of mystery, wonder, and beauty. But most of us seldom participate in this real world, being focused rather on the parts that are mostly strife, suffering, or meaninglessness. The situation is basically due to our… Read More
Diamond Heart: Book Two
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The Inner Journey Home
Soul's Realization of the Unity of Reality
What is the soul, and how do we come to know it? What is its journey in life, and what stages and obstacles are encountered along the way? These questions are explored here in detail according to the Diamond Approach,… Read More
The Inner Journey Home
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Luminous Night's Journey
An Autobiographical Fragment
In Luminous Night's Journey, Almaas shares excerpts from his personal journal, which describe a certain thread in his own journey of realization and the processes involved in integrating that realization. This publication marks a fortunate development in our knowledge… Read More
Luminous Night's Journey
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The Point of Existence
Transformations of Narcissism in Self-Realization
In this book, the author explores the underlying spiritual understanding of narcissism. He presents a detailed map of the steps involved in working through barriers that prevent us from recognizing the most essential nature of our true identity.… Read More
The Point of Existence
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Spacecruiser Inquiry
True Guidance for the Inner Journey
Over the past twenty-five years A. H. Almaas—widely recognized as a leader in integrating spirituality and psychology—has been developing and teaching the Diamond Approach, a spiritual path that integrates the insights of Sufism, Buddhism, Gurdjieff, and other wisdom traditions with… Read More
Spacecruiser Inquiry
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Almaas Hameed Ali was born in Kuwait in 1944. At the age of eighteen, he moved to the United States to study at the University of California, Berkeley. Hameed was working on his PhD in physics when he reached a turning point in his life that led him to inquire into the psychological and spiritual aspects of human nature. Hameed's interest in the truth of human nature and the true nature of reality resulted in the creation of the Diamond Approach.


